rubricatorn.
/ˈrʌbrᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈrubrəˌkeɪdər/ historical.
A person employed to rubricate parts of a manuscript or early printed book.
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rubricator1795
rubrisher1842
rubricist1868
1795 D. Macpherson in Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. II. 445/1 The marks of the Rubricator being no way authentic.
1847 F. Madden Laȝamon's Brut I. 386 (note) The rubricator here and below has omitted to insert the capital letters, for which a space has been left.
1884 W. W. Skeat Gamelyn Introd. p. xvi The rubricator and the scribe were usually different people, and we constantly find..that the rubricator inserts a wrong capital letter.
1931 A. F. Johnson Decorative Init. Lett. 6 Zainer's first outline initials were probably intended as guide-letters for the rubricator.
1972 E. J. Dobson Eng. Text Ancrene Riwle 78 (note) At beginning of line, close against left margin, [scribe] A wrote very small l as guide to rubricator.
2005 N. Howard Book ii. 33 Early printers sought to mimic the efforts of scribes and rubricators of the manuscript era.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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